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A History of the Drawing of Machines

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An edition of Machines and Signs (2012)

Machines and Signs

A History of the Drawing of Machines

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This volume addresses the cultural, technical and ethical motivations of the history of drawing of machines and its developments step by step. First it treats drawings without any technical character; then the Renaissance with its new forms of drawing; the 18th century, with orthographic projections, immediately used by industry; the 19th century, including the applications of drawing in industry; and the 20th century, with the standardization institutions and the use of the computer. The role of historical drawings and archives in modern design is also examined.

This book is of value to all those who are interested in technical drawing, either from an artistic, from a design, or from an engineering point of view.

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Springer Netherlands, Imprint: Springer
Language
English
Pages
268

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Science (General), History of Science, Popular Science, general, Science, Engineering design, Engineering, History, Machinery, drawings, Art, Machinery
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Machines and Signs: A History of the Drawing of Machines
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Machines and Signs: A History of the Drawing of Machines
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Table of Contents

<p>1. Introduction: State of the art
Some preliminary considerations about the history of drawing
Conclusions
2. Motivation of the history of technique: Culture
Technique
Aesthetics
Ethic
3. The first steps: Introduction
Prehistoric Age
Ancient times
Middle Ages
Conclusions
4. Renaissance: General considerations
The authors
Introduction
Examples
The first steps of the scientific documentation
The first “technical” drawings
Some conclusions
5. The 18th Century: Introduction
Gaspard Monge
The orthographic projections
The first application of orthographic projections
The encyclopedic books
The drawing as didactic and popular tool
The drawing as documentary tool for scientists
The drawing instruments
6. The 19th Century: Introduction
The first modern industries
First steps of the institutionalized teaching
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The drawing as documentation tool for scientists
The drawing as tool for scientific-technical divulgation
Drawing instruments
7. The 20th Century: Introduction
Drawing standards
Historical background
Standardization Institutions
Drawing standards
Development of industry
Industries born in 20th Century
Examples of drawings of 19th Century
Development of technical schools
General characters
Fundamental steps
Since 1900 to 1920
Since 1920 to 1950
Since 1950 to 1970
Since 1970 until today
Application of the computer
Drawing instruments
8. Archives of historical drawings: Role of archives of historical drawings
Steps to realize an historical archive
Examples applied to the car suspensions
General considerations
Structure of the data base
9. The critical observation of historical drawings: Technicians, engineers and designers
Standardization organizations
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Teachers and students
Historians
The lesson of historical heritage
Index. </p>.
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Dordrecht
Series
History of Mechanism and Machine Science -- 17

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Dewey Decimal Class
620.0042
Library of Congress
TA174

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Pagination
IX, 247 p. 268 illus.
Number of pages
268

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Open Library
OL27072053M
Internet Archive
machinessignshis00rovi
ISBN 13
9789400754072

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